Tenley Albright
Further Information
Books
Hickok, Ralph. A Who's Who of Sports Champions: Their Stories and Records. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995.
Johnson, Anne Janette. Great Women in Sports. Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 1996.
Layden, Joe. Women in Sports: The Complete Book on the World's Greatest Female Athletes. Santa Monica, CA: General Publishing Group, 1997.
Malone, John. The Encyclopedia of Figure Skating. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 1998.
Porter, David L., editor. Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: Basketball and Other Indoor Sports. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.
Sherrow, Victoria. Encyclopedia of Women and Sports. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1996.
Woolum, Janet. Outstanding Women Athletes: Who They Are and How they Influenced Sports in America. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1998.
Periodicals
"Formula for Titles." Newsweek (April 6, 1953): 76.
Helfgott, Hali. "Catching Up With … Tenley Albright, Figure Skater January 30, 1956." Sports Illustrated (January 30, 1956): 16.
Heller, Dick. "Albright Overcame Polio, Ankle Injury to Win Gold in Skating." Washington Times (February 11, 2002): C7.
Klein, Gary. "Most of Her Breaks Have Been Good Ones." Los Angeles Times (February 21, 2002): U7.
La Fontaine, Barbara. "There is a Doctor on the Ice." Sports Illustrated (February 8, 1965): 28.
Matson, Barbara. "Albright Was First, Foremost." Boston Globe (September 25, 1999): F7.
Rosen, Karen, and Joe Drape. "Notebook: '56 Skater Golden Despite Late Injury." Atlanta Journal and Constitution (January 16, 1994): E14.
Other
"Athlete Profile: Tenley Albright." U.S. Olympic Team. http://www.usolympicteam.com/athlete_profiles/t_albright.html (January 13, 2003).
Additional topics
Famous Sports StarsFigure SkatingTenley Albright Biography - Began Skating, Developed Polio, Won First U.s. Women's Title, Entered Radcliffe College - CONTACT INFORMATION